Population Council Research that makes a difference

Immune Activation in HIV Infection: Basic Mechanisms and Clinical Implications (D2)
Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology
Breckenridge, Colorado
(offsite link)

Diana Goode
Short talk and poster presenter: "HSV-2 infection of the vaginal mucosa ex vivo increases the frequency of alpha4beta7+ T cells"
(Short Talk—Session: Immune Activation and Co-Infections, 4/6, 8:00–11:15 am; Poster Session 1, 4/4, 7:30–10:00 pm)

Natalia Guerra-Perez
Poster presenter: "Retinoic acid conditioned-dendritic cells increase HIV-1 infection" (Poster Session 2, 4/5, 7:30–10:00 pm)

Elena Martinelli
Panel chair: "Mucosal Immunity and HIV" (4/5, 5:00–7:00 pm)

Poster presenter: "The frequency of alpha4beta7high memory CD4+ T cells correlates with susceptibility to SIV rectal infection" and "HSV-2 infection of the vaginal mucosa ex vivo increases the frequency of alpha4beta7+ T cells" (Poster Session 2, 4/5, 7:30–10:00 pm)

The Legal, Ethical, Gender, Human Rights and Public Health Implications of HIV Self-testing Scale-up
Symposium hosted by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, with WHO and the London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Geneva, Switzerland

Samuel Kalibala
Presenter: "HIV self testing among health workers in Kenya" (12:00 pm)

Population Association of America Annual Meeting
New Orleans, Louisiana
(more)

InsideNGO New York IT Roundtable
Hosted by the Population Council's IT Department
Rockefeller University
New York, New York

Deborah Boccio
Presenter: "eVault EndPoint Protection—How we built a global centralized dashboard for securing laptops"

Samir Souidi
Presenter: "Android CAPI/ACASI—A customized Android application built for data collection in the field"

The Transformational Power of Health IT: Driving Engagement, Outcomes & Insights
HealthTech Council meeting
Chicago, Illinois
(more)

Stanley Mierzwa
Presenter: "The mobile revolution: Remote care and adherence/acceptability data collection without compromising security and quality" (co-presenter: Deborah Lafky)

Forty-sixth Session of the UN Commission on Population and Development
New York, New York
(offsite link)

Fifty-seventh Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women
New York, New York
(offsite link)

Girls Growing up Free of Violence: Promoting Tolerance, Equality and Respect
Side event at the UN Commission on the Status of Women
UNICEF
New York, New York
(more)

Sajeda Amin, panelist

Voices of Influence
Screening and panel presentation in celebration of International Women’s Day, hosted by Bloomberg
New York, New York
(more)

Judith Bruce, panelist

Reproductive Health Seminar Series
Rockefeller University
New York, New York

Genevieve Neal-Perry
Speaker: "Vitamin D and reproduction: A role beyond bone health" (more)

15th World Congress on Human Reproduction
Venice, Italy
(offsite link)

Patricia L. Morris
Author: "SUMO dynamics during mouse pre-implantation embryo development" (co-author and presenter: Weber Beringui Feitosa, Council postdoctoral Bixby fellow)

9th Annual Conference on the Management of the Pakistan Economy: "Human Capital Development for Sustained Economic Growth"
Lahore, Pakistan
(more)

Zeba Sathar
Presenter: "Struggling against the odds of poverty, access and gender: Secondary schooling for girls" (3/20, 11:00 am) (co-author: Maqsood Sadiq)

The National Transfer Accounts for Africa: A Research Proposal Development Workshop
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

Ali Rashed, partner

East African Community Health and Scientific Conference
Kigali, Rwanda

Lucy Kanya, presenter

Child Research and Practice Forum
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Annabel Erulkar
Speaker: "Using research to build programs for child domestic workers and other marginalized girls in poor urban areas of Ethiopia"

Private Sector Working Group Quarterly Meeting: Financial Protection Panel
Strengthening Health Outcomes through the Private Sector (SHOPS) project, USAID
Washington, DC
(more)

Charlotte Warren
Presenter: "The differences in out-of-pocket expenditures on reproductive health services following introduction of a reproductive health voucher program in Kenya"

International Conference on Repromics—OMICS in Reproduction and Development
Thiruvananthapuram, India
(offsite link)

Patricia L. Morris
Plenary lecturer: "Human fertility and infertility: A repromic view from both sides"

23rd Annual Meeting of the Indian Society for the Study of Reproduction and Fertility (ISSRF)
Thiruvananthapuram, India
(offsite link)

Patricia L. Morris
Panelist: "Embryonic stem cells—Pluripotency to differentiation"

Post-18th Amendment Scenario for Family Planning and Reproductive Health in Pakistan
Aga Khan University
Karachi, Pakistan

Zeba Sathar
Keynote speaker: "Family planning as a key strategy for reducing maternal and neonatal mortality and morbidity"

Biomedical R&D for Novel Fertility Regulators with Health Benefits
Population Council
New Delhi, India

Patricia L. Morris, speaker

Evaluation Conclave 2013
Kathmandu, Nepal
(offsite link)

Ajay Kumar Singh
Panelist: "How to design and conduct gender responsive evaluations" (2/27)

Girl-Centered Programming: What Are We Really Doing?
Online discussion hosted by FHI 360, on behalf of USAID’s Interagency Youth Working Group, the Coalition for Adolescent Girls, and the Youth Health and Rights Coalition
(offsite link)

Moderators: Joyce Adolwa, Wendy Baldwin, Allison M. Glinski, Kelly Hallman, Paulina Ndawala, Amelia Peltz, and Suzanne Petroni

National Dissemination on Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child Health and Nutrition: Status and Priorities
Islamabad, Pakistan

Zeba Sathar
Panelist: "Present and future of RMNCH and nutrition in Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhawa: What can health professionals and policy makers do?"

Global Maternal Health Conference 2013: Improving Quality of Care
Arusha, Tanzania
(more)

Global Community of Concern on Respectful Maternity Care
Special session at the Global Maternal Health Conference
Arusha, Tanzania
(PDF)

2nd International Congress on Women's Health and Unsafe Abortion
Bangkok, Thailand
(offsite link)

Shireen J. Jejeebhoy
Discussant: Symposium 1: IPAS—Expanding the Provider Base for Safe Abortion Care (1/23, 1:30–3:00 pm)

A.J. Francis Zavier
Presenter: "Adoption and continuation of post-abortion contraception: Evidence from rural settings in Maharashtra and Rajasthan, India" (Free Communication 1) (1/23, 3:10 pm)

Claudia Diaz
Presenter: "Can nurses offer early medical abortion as safely and effectively as physicians? A randomized control trial in collaboration with the Mexico City Ministry of Health" (1/24, 1:30–3:00 pm) (Symposium 7: WHO (II)—Moving Beyond Physicians)

Seventh Annual Research Conference on Population, Reproductive Health, and Economic Development
Oslo, Norway
(offsite link)

Kelly Hallman
Session organizer: "Impact of policy experiments on maternal and child health: Evidence from three regions in Africa" (1/26, 9:00–10:30 am)

Consultation on Social and Behavioral Change Interventions for Enhancing Child Survival in South Asia
New Delhi, India

Anrudh K. Jain
Presenter: "Challenges in impact evaluation" (PDF)

mHealth Summit
Washington, DC
(offsite link)

Reproductive Health and the mHealth Revolution
Population Council Symposium
Washington, DC
(PDF)

Safe and Smart Savings Products: Delivering Solutions for Vulnerable Adolescent Girls in Kenya and Uganda
Dissemination event sponsored by the Population Council
Nairobi, Kenya
(related project)

Second Global Symposium on Health Systems Research
Beijing, China
(more) (offsite link)

Inter-Ministerial Conference on "Evidence for Action: South-South Collaboration for ICPD beyond 2014"
Dhaka, Bangladesh

Ian Askew
Presenter: "The role of research evidence in scaling up and replicating family planning programmes" (PDF)

Postabortion Care (PAC) Consortium meetings
Washington, DC
(offsite link)

ExpandNet Workshop: "Scaling up comprehensive PAC services" (11/12)

Technical Exchange: "The unfinished agenda of postabortion care" (11/13)

November Nairobi Technology Salon
Hosted by the Population Council
Nairobi, Kenya
8:00–9:30 am
(RSVP)

Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition Annual Meeting
Paris, France
(offsite link)

Market Development Approaches Working Group (10/1, 11:00 am–5:30 pm)
Ian Askew and Bonnie Keith, facilitators

Choice and Equity: Bellagio and Beyond (10/5, 9:05–10:05 am)
Anrudh Jain, keynote speaker: "Encouraging method choice" (PDF)
Ian Askew, panelist: "Monitoring and accountability"

22nd International Congress on Thrombosis
Nice, France
(offsite link)

Régine Sitruk-Ware
Presenter: "Estrogens, progestins, and estrogenicity in contraception"

XX FIGO World Congress of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Rome, Italy
(more) (offsite link)

International Day of the Girl: "Telling Our Stories"
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Co-hosted by USAID and The Population Council

Annabel Erulkar
Presenter: " The diversity of girls in Ethiopia"

2012 FIAPAC Congress: "Unwanted pregnancy: A fact of life"
Edinburgh, Scotland
(offsite link)

Régine Sitruk-Ware
Presenter: "Update on contraceptive development"

Holding on to the Gains of Family Planning for Women in Egypt
Organized by the Population Council, in partnership with the Ministry of Health, Faculty of Medicine–Assiut University, and UNFPA
Cairo, Egypt

American Society of Reproductive Medicine Annual Meeting
San Diego, California
(offsite link)

Patricia L. Morris
Speaker: "Contraception: Cell cycle kinetics, nuclear receptor and gene expression in human endometrial cells" (co-authors: KeumSil Hwang, Cathy Rapelje, and Lyann Mitchell)

International Committee for Contraception Research (ICCR) meeting
New York, New York

Régine Sitruk-Ware, chairperson and organizer

30th Annual Symposium for Nonhuman Primate Models for AIDS
San Antonio, Texas
(offsite link)

Abenan Louise Ouattara
Oral presenter: "MIV-150 delivered from an intravaginal ring inhibits SHIV-RT infection in macaque vaginal mucosa" (10/26)
(co-authors: Patrick Barnable, Matthew Bigbee, Paul Mawson, Samantha Seidor, Thomas M. Zydowsky, Larisa Kizima, Aixa Rodriguez, Jose Fernandez-Romero, Agegnehu Gettie, James Blanchard, Melissa Robbiani, and Natalia Teleshova)

Poster presenter: "Zinc acetate dihydrate inhibits SHIV-RT infection in macaque vaginal explants and induces immune changes in the mucosa" (10/25 and 10/26) (co-authors: Guillermo Villegas, Patrick Barnable, Daniel Goldman, Radhika Menon, Samantha Seidor, Thomas M. Zydowsky, Larisa Kizima, Aixa Rodriguez, Jose Fernandez-Romero, Agegnehu Gettie, James Blanchard, Melissa Robbiani, and Natalia Teleshova)

American Public Health Association (APHA) 140th Annual Meeting & Expo
San Francisco, California
(more) (offsite link)

Stakeholders’ Consultation—Expanding Contraceptive Choice in India: Focus on New and Underutilized Methods
Hosted by the Family Planning Association of India (FPAI)
New Delhi, India

Saroj Pachauri
Inaugural speech: "Key issues and priority strategies for expanding contraceptive choice in India"

India-Cambridge Summit: India in the Global Age
New Delhi, India
(offsite link)

Shireen J. Jejeebhoy
Panelist: "Evidence, social policy and the challenge of development"

British Society for Population Studies Annual Conference
University of Nottingham
Nottingham, United Kingdom
(offsite link)

Mark Montgomery
Presenter: "Urban migration of adolescent girls in developing countries" (Co-authors: Deborah Balk and Zhen Liu) (9/11, 1:30–3:00 pm)

Global Youth Economic Opportunities Conference
Washington, DC
(offsite link)

Kelly Hallman
Panelist: "Exploring the intersection of adolescent girls’ reproductive health and economic empowerment" (Track 4: Adolescent Girls and Young Women) (9/12, 9:00–10:30 am)

Karen Austrian
Panelist: "Replicating youth financial services: Lessons learned and new innovations" (Track 2: Financial Services and Capabilities) (9/12, 11:00 am–12:30 pm)

Integration for Impact: Reproductive Health and HIV Services in Sub-Saharan Africa
Nairobi, Kenya
(more) (offsite link)

Endocrinology and Reproductive Biology Seminar Series
Population Council, Center for Biomedical Research
New York, New York

Richard M. Schultz
Speaker: "From egg to embryo: A peripatetic journey" (more)

International Conference on Gender Based Violence
Nairobi, Kenya
(offsite link)

Increasing Use of Reproductive Health Services through Community-based and Health Care Financing Programmes: Impact and Sustainability
The IUSSP Scientific Panel on Reproductive Health in collaboration with the Institute for Population and Social Research (IPSR), Mahidol Unversity
Bangkok, Thailand
(more)

Linking Action on Poverty and Child Health
Hosted by the Overseas Development Institute and Oak Foundation
London, England
(offsite link)

Annabel Erulkar, speaker

High Impact Practices in Family Planning
Meeting sponsored by USAID and UNFPA

Anrudh Jain
Presenter: "Quality of care" (PDF)

Family Planning Summit
Hosted by The UK Department for International Development (DFID) and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
London, England

7th International Workshop on HIV Transmission
Affiliated event of AIDS 2012
Washington, DC
(offsite link)

Mayla Hsu
Presenter: "A MIV-150/ZA/CG gel blocks SHIV-RT and reduces HSV-2 transmission in a nonhuman primate model" (Abstract no. O_05) (Session: Prevention of Transmission, 7/19, 11:15 am)

Children and HIV: Closing the Gap—Ending Vertical Transmission through Community Action
Affiliated event of AIDS 2012
Washington, DC
(offsite link)

Katie Schenk
Presenter: "How community-systems strengthening is a critical factor in promoting uptake in vertical transmission services" (co-presenters: Muhadil Shemsanga and Ade Fakoya) (7/21, 10:00 am–12:00 pm)

HIVCore Operations Research Workshop
Affiliated event of AIDS 2012
Washington, DC
(more)

XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012)
Washington, DC
(more) (offsite link)

Youth and Their Money: New Insights on the Financial Lives of Youth in Developing Countries
New America Foundation
Washington, DC
2:00–5:00 pm
(offsite link)

Kelly Hallman
Moderator, Panel 1: "Understanding demand" (2:15 pm)

Strengthening GBV and HIV Integration and Responses in sub-Saharan Africa
Nairobi, Kenya

Workshop convened by Liverpool VCT, Care, and Treatment, the World Health Organization (WHO), and the Sexual Violence Research Initiative

Co-sponsored by Comic Relief through Trocaire, United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women, Elton John AIDS Foundation, and Population Council

Ian Askew
Presenter: "State of the evidence: What are the research gaps and priorities for driving forward the GBV/HIV in sub-Saharan Africa?"

Chi-Chi Undie
Presenter: "Feasibility of GBV screening and responses in health care settings"

Discussant: "Scaling up GBV integration in HIV services: Models and lessons"

Saiqa Mullick
Chair, Day 2 of workshop

Stakeholders’ Consultation on Unmet Need of Family Planning Services in Pakistan
Lahore, Pakistan

Zeba Sathar, speaker

Market Development Approaches Working Group Meeting, Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition
Menlo Park, California

Ian Askew
Presenter: "Why contraceptives aren't used and implications for market development" (PDF)

Maternal Health in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Unfinished Agenda
Women Deliver Regional Consultation
Mexico City, Mexico
(PDF of agenda: English; Spanish)

11th European Meeting Days of the French Society of Gynecology
Paris, France
(offsite link)

Régine Sitruk-Ware
Presenter: "Protéomic and genomic: Contraception for the future?" (Session—Contraception in Europe in 2012)

European Population Conference 2012
Stockholm, Sweden
(more) (offsite link)

Celebrating Men as Fathers and Allies in Gender Equality and Improved Health
Organized by USAID, PEPFAR, U.S. State Department, Promundo, and Interagency Gender Working Group (IGWG)
The National Press Club
Washington, DC
(offsite link)

John Townsend, presenter

Shaping the Operations Research Agenda for Women-centered ARV-based Prevention Products: Gels and Rings
Population Council
New York, New York
(invitation-only event)

UK Parliamentary Hearings on Child Marriage
London, England

Annabel Erulkar, oral evidence

12th Congress of the European Society of Contraception and Reproductive Health
Athens, Greece
(offsite link)

Régine Sitruk-Ware, member of the expert group session on hormonal contraception

2012 Clinton Global Initiative Mid-Year meeting
New York, New York
(members-only event)

Cynthia Lloyd, Population Council Consulting Senior Associate
Anchor speaker on girls' education

Japanese Society of Andrology
Osaka, Japan

Patricia L. Morris
Symposium speaker: "Male fertility and infertility: A molecular and cellular view from both sides" (11:00 am–12:00 pm)

Demographic Dividend in Pakistan
Seminar hosted by the Population Council
Islamabad, Pakistan

John Bongaarts, presenter

The 17th Midwives Conference
Kakamega, Kenya

Wilson Liambila
Presenter: "Increasing access to FP & RH services through task-sharing between community midwives and CHWs" (co-presenters: Judith Maua and Ruth Ngechu)

Population Association of America Annual Meeting
San Francisco, California
(more) (offsite link)

Asia Regional Meeting on Interventions for Impact in Essential Obstetric and Newborn Care
Dhaka, Bangladesh
(offsite link to live webcast)

Mary Ellen Stanton and Charlotte Warren
Presenters: "Respectful care at birth: Research and advocacy" (5/4, 5:30 pm)

Sharif Hossain
Presenter: "Experience implementing PE/E management program in Nigeria" (5/5, 1:15 pm)

Ubaidur Rob
Moderator: "Implementing MNH programs" (5/6, 1:45 pm)

Licensing Executives Society (LES) 2012 Spring Meeting
Boston, Massachusetts
(offsite link)

George Young
Moderator: "Early-stage deal structures" (5/17, 10:15–11:30 am) (co-author: Nancy Juette)

Safe Motherhood: Achievements and Challenges
Roundtable discussion sponsored by UNFPA and The Daily Star
Dhaka, Bangladesh
(offsite link)

Ubaidur Rob, presenter

Family Planning and Results-Based Financing: Opportunities and Challenges
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Washington, DC
12:00–2:00 pm
(offsite link)

Ben Bellows
Presenter: "Results-based financing and family planning: Evidence from reproductive health vouchers programs" (offsite PDF)

Improving Maternal Health with Commodities
Policy dialogue co-hosted by PATH and Population Council
New York, New York
9:00 am–1:00 pm

2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference
San Francisco, California
(offsite link)

Stan Mierzwa
Presenter: "Metrics: How am I doing? How's my program/project doing? How's my nonprofit doing?" (Leadership breakout session) (4/5, 1:30–3:00 pm)

National Workshop on Contemporary Issues in Youth Employment in Pakistan: Innovative Models of Youth Engagement and Participation for Empowerment of Youth

Zeba Sathar
Presenter: "7 billion globally, what it means for Pakistan"

2012 International Microbicides Conference
Sydney, Australia
(more) (offsite link)

100th International Committee for Contraception Research: Vision for Contraceptive Research and Development
New York, New York
(more)

Régine Sitruk-Ware, chairperson and organizer

Forty-fifth Session of the United Nations Commission on Population and Development: "Adolescents and youth"
United Nations
New York, New York
(offsite link)

Shireen Jejeebhoy, keynote speaker

Nigeria Behind the Headlines: Population, Health, Natural Resources,
and Governance
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Washington, DC
8:30 am–4:30 pm
(offsite link to meeting webcast)

Andrew Karlyn
Chair, Panel IV: "The health of Nigeria" (3:15 pm)

15th World Congress of Gynecological Endocrinology
Florence, Italy
(offsite link)

Régine Sitruk-Ware
Presenter: "Progestins and the brain" (Session—Progesterone Receptor: The Next Target for Gynecological Disorders)

Promoting Recovery after War: Microenterprises for Vulnerable Women? Discussion of Preliminary Results from a Randomized Impact Evaluation in Northern Uganda
Johns Hopkins University School for Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
Washington, DC
(offsite link)

Eric Green, speaker

Family Planning Revitalized: The FALAH Experience
Seminar on the Family Advancement for Life and Health (FALAH) project
Islamabad, Pakistan
(more)

Workshop on Adaptation of “It’s All One Curriculum” in Bangladesh
Dhaka, Bangladesh
(agenda)

Girls Not Brides: The Global Partnership to End Child Marriage
Regional Strategic Planning Meeting
New Delhi, India
(offsite link)

Laila Rahman and Shireen Jejeebhoy, speakers

Social Media Week
Hamburg, Hong Kong, London, Miami, New York, Paris, San Francisco, São Paulo, San Francisco, Singapore, Tokyo, Toronto, Washington, DC
(offsite link)

FastForward Health Presents: Stories of Global Health Innovation
Film Screenings
Short film: "Kadi: Saving mothers and babies, one voucher at a time"
(New York, 2/15, 8:00–10:00 pm) (free registration)

John Townsend
Participant in moderated discussion following the screening

22nd Annual Meeting of the Indian Society for the Study of Reproduction & Fertility (ISSRF) and the International Conference on Reproductive Health with Emphasis on Strategies for Family Planning
New Delhi, India
(offsite link)

Régine Sitruk-Ware
Presenter: "New vaginal ring methods"

Microbicides Trial Network (MTN) 2012 Annual Meeting
Bethesda, Maryland
(offsite link)

Barbara Mensch
Presenter: "Behavior and characteristics associated with HIV-1 drug resistance within a female population screening for a microbicide trial in Durban, South Africa" (Plenary Session 1) (2/20, 9:15–9:30 am)

Molecular and Cellular Biology R&D
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

Patricia L. Morris
Speaker: "Human fertility and infertility: A view from both sides" (MCB Seminar Series)

Sustainable Development Seminar Series: The Population Bomb—Defused or Still Ticking?
Columbia University
New York, New York
(offsite link to seminar recap)

John Bongaarts and Mark Montgomery, speakers

Fifty-sixth Session of the Commission on the Status of Women
United Nations
New York, New York
(offsite link)

Judith Bruce
Panelist: "Financing powerful women: Integrating microfinancing and women's health" (organized by Women's World Banking)

Global Forum on Multipurpose Prevention Technologies for Reproductive Health
Sponsored by The Wellcome Trust, US Agency for International Development (USAID), Coalition Advancing Multipurpose Innovations (CAMI), Initiative for Multipurpose Prevention Technologies (IMPT), and Population Council
London, England
(offsite link) (agenda)

Martha Brady
Session chair: "Regulatory pathways for MPTs"

American Society for Cell Biology Annual Meeting
Denver, Colorado
(offsite link)

Patricia L. Morris
Presenter: "Smt3 posttranslational modifications mediate critical regulatory events during drosophila spermiogenesis and spermatogenesis" (co-authors: Janet Rollins and KeumSil Hwang) (12/4, 1:30 pm)

Research workshop: "Migrant girls and little maids in Africa"
Side meeting of the Sixth African Population Conference
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
(offsite link)

16th International Conference on AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa (ICASA)
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
(more) (offsite link)

2011 mHealth Summit
Washington, DC
(offsite link)

Andrew Karlyn
Poster presenter: "The use of SMS technology to facilitate community-based surveillance for maternal and newborn health in rural communities in northern Nigeria" and "Geo-mapping female injecting drug users in Nigeria: Using crowd-sourcing to reach a hidden and vulnerable population across four cities"

Sixth African Population Conference
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
(offsite link)

Ubaidur Rob, Laila Rahman, Md. Noorunnabi Talukder, Ismat Ara Hena, and Farhana Akter
Authors: "Increasing utilization of maternal, newborn and child health services in Bangladesh: Performance-based incentive works" (Abstract no. 110379) (Session 504: "Policy, system, and service level drivers of progress in achieving MDGs 4 and 5")

Francis Obare, Anke van der Kwaak, and Harriet Birungi
Authors: "Recurrence of unintended pregnancies among HIV-positive adolescent girls in Kenya: Extent and implications for birth outcomes" (Abstract no. 110216) (Session 605: "Fertility among teens and young adults")

Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program Seminar Series
Population Council
New York, New York

Robert McDonald
Speaker: "Getting freshwater to another 3 billion urbanites: Global urban growth and freshwater provision" (more)

International Conference on Population Dynamics, Climate Change
and Sustainable Development
Jointly organized by the Government of the Republic of South Africa and Partners in Population and Development (PPD)
Pretoria, South Africa
(offsite link)

Ian Askew
Member, Declaration Drafting Committee

Intervenant, Session III: "Adolescents, youths, women, displaced and ageing population: Prospects for sustainable development" (11/2, 8:30–10:30 am)

Multipurpose Prevention Technologies for Reproductive Health
2011 Symposium
Washington, DC
(offsite link)

Ruth Merkatz
Panelist, panel discussion 3: "Incorporating the perspective of product developers/researchers to ensure successful MPTs" (11/3, 2:45–3:45 pm)

Martha Brady
Chair, panel discussion 4: "The critical path for MPTs: Current regulatory pathway for MPTs in different global settings" (11/3, 4:15–5:15 pm)

Panelist, opening plenary 2: "Introduction of the first MPT: Lessons learned to help secure the successful introduction of and adherence to Tenofovir" (11/4, 9:15–10:00 am)

Barbara Friedland
Poster presenter: "Carraguard trial participants' preferences for a dual protection microbicide gel" (11/3, 5:45–8:00 pm)

Thomas Zydowsky
Poster presenter: "An optimized MIV-150/zinc acetate (ZA) gel blocks SHIV-RT and HSV-2 infection in vivo" (11/3, 5:45–8:00 pm)

Chaire Quetelet 2011: Urbanisation, migrations internes et comportements démographiques
Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
(offsite link)

Mark Montgomery and Deborah Balk
Presenters: "How much does migration contribute to city growth in poor countries?" (11/16, 11:00 am)

"Urbanization and internal migration in the developing world: What can we learn from censuses and surveys?" (11/17, 11:00 am)

Youth Leadership in Preventing and Ending Violence Against Women and Girls
Official Commemoration of the United Nations' International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and 15th Anniversary of the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women
New York, New York
10:00 am–12:00 pm

Irma Puac, panelist (UN Trust Fund grantee and representative of the Population Council, Guatemala)

2011 International Conference on Family Planning
Dakar, Senegal
(more) (offsite link)

2011 EC Jamboree
Combined Annual Meeting of the International Consortium for Emergency Contraception and the American Society for Emergency Contraception
New York, New York

Martha Brady
Presenter: "Key opinion leaders (KOLs): Who are they, what do they think why they matter?" (PDF) (Session: "EC supply and demand around the world") (10/4, 3:45–4:45 pm)

Sharif Hossain
Presenter: "Emergency contraception in Bangladesh: Introduction, scaling up, current situation, and lessons learned" (Panel session: "Case studies from around the world") (10/5, 11:15 am–12:30 pm)

Herrenhausen Symposium on Reproductive Biology
Kloster Seeon, Germany
(offsite link)

Patricia L. Morris
Presenter: "Regulatory hurdles and ethical issues in reproductive biomedicine" (co-author: John W. Townsend) (10/4, 5:00 pm)

Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) Forum 2011: Moving the Agenda Forward
Cape Town, South Africa
(more) (offsite link)

Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program Seminar Series
Population Council
New York, New York

Michaela Gulemetova
Speaker: "Evaluating the impact of conditional cash transfer programs on adolescent decisions about marriage and fertility: The case of Oportunidades" (more)

CORE Group Fall Meeting
Washington, DC
(offsite link)

James Foreit
Presenter: "Benefits and pitfalls of operations research for community-based health programs" (co-presenter: Florence Nyangara) (10/13, 1:30–3:00)

Improving Health Systems Through a Maternal Health Framework:
A Live Conversation with Kenyan Field Workers and Policymakers
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Washington, DC
(offsite link)

John Townsend, expert panelist

International Conference on Research, Healthcare and Preventive Measures for Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting—and Support for Capacity Strengthening of Leadership and Research in Africa
Nairobi, Kenya

Ian Askew
Chair, keynote addresses (Session 2) (10/17, 12:00–1:00 pm)

Presenter: "Female genital cutting and HIV: Evidence from the Demographic and Health Surveys in sub-Saharan Africa" (Session 3) (10/17, 4:10–4:30 pm)

Presenter: "Socio-cultural aspects and methodologies for evaluation of interventions" (Session 9) (10/18, 4:20–5:00 pm)

Fourth Research Meeting on Unwanted Pregnancy and Unsafe Abortion: Public Health Challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean
Mexico City

Capacity Building Workshop to Enhance Youth Reproductive Health Research in Egypt
Cairo, Egypt
(PDFS: agenda; application; announcement)

Future of Contraception Initiative
Seattle, Washington
(offsite link)

Patricia Morris
Presenter: "Differential nuclear receptor and gene expression in human endometrial adenocarcinoma cells: Regulation by a novel selective progesterone receptor modulator" (Co-authors: KeumSil Hwang, Catherine Rapelje, Lyann Mitchell, and Régine Sitruk-Ware) (10/29)

Session 1—Why Is There an Urgent Need for Improved Family Planning? Global View and Millennium Development Goals (10/29):

John Townsend
Presenter: "Global unmet need (products/services)" (8:00–8:20 am)

Saiqa Mullick
Presenter: "Consequences of non-use of contraception" (8:20–10:00 am)

Session 3—Improving Existing Methods and Adding Benefits to Contraceptive Use (10/29):

Régine Sitruk-Ware
Presenter: "New ring methods" (1:20–3:25 pm)

American Public Health Association Annual Meeting
Washington, DC
(more) (offsite link)

Global Youth Economic Opportunities Conference 2011
Washington, DC
(offsite link)

Judith Bruce
Presenter, Breakthrough Innovators session (9/8, 9:30–10:00 am)

Eva Roca
Presenter: "Mixed methods: A practical primer" (9/8, 2:15–3:45 pm) (Track 5: Monitoring, Evaluation and Impact Assessment)

Karen Austrian
Presenter: "Financial capabilities programs: A comparative analysis of systems and results" (9/9, 2:45–4:15 pm) (Track 2: Financial Services and Capabilities)

"The Structural Drivers of HIV" Conference 2011
University of East Anglia
Norwich, England
(offsite link)

Kelly Hallman
Chair, Session 1: "Social structures and HIV/AIDS" (9/8, 9:45–11:20 am)
Presenter: "First phase evaluation of the Siyakha Nentsha program" (9/9, 11:35 am–12:00 pm)

9th Congress of the European Society of Gynecology
Copenhagen, Denmark
(offsite link)

Society Symposium (SA01) arranged by the Population Council—Contraception Needs and Prevention of Maternal Mortality in Poor Countries (9/8, 11:30 am–1:00 pm):

Régine Sitruk-Ware
Symposium chair and presenter: "Contraceptive research: Meeting the unmet needs for the future"

Ian Askew
Presenter: "Strategies for increasing access to contraception to reduce maternal and newborn mortality"

Régine Sitruk-Ware
Presenter: "New vision for research in contraception" (Plenary Session PS07: "Contraception, Part 1") (9/8, 4:00–5:30 pm)

Chair, Plenary Lecture (PL22): "Selective progestin receptor modulator" (9/10, 5:30–6:00 pm)

Presenter: "Are all estrogens alike?" (Plenary Session PS32: "Progestins in Europe in 2011") (9/11, 9:00–10:30 am)

AIDSImpact 2011
Santa Fe, New Mexico
(offsite link)

Katie Schenk
Presenter: "On the cutting edge: Research to improve the informed consent process for adolescents in Zambia undergoing male circumcision for HIV prevention" (Co-authors: Barbara Friedland, Lou Apicella, Meredith Sheehy, Kelvin Munjile, and Paul Hewett) (Abstract no. 199) (9/13, 11:00 am–1:00 pm) (Oral Session 8.4—Parallel: Biomedical Prevention, Room: Sweeney North)

Ending Child Marriage in Ethiopia in One Generation
Workshop sponsored by DFID, Save the Children UK, and Ethiopia Ministry of Women, Children & Youth Affairs
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Annabel Erulkar
Presenter: "Ending child marriage in one generation: Strategies in good programmatic practice"

Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting 2011
New York, New York
(offsite link)

Girls in Migration: Collateral Victims or Actors of a World in Motion?
European Parliament Hearing
Brussels, Belgium

Sarah Engebretsen
Presenter: "Strategic investments in girls on the move" (Session 1: "Acting before migration: The push and pull factors of girls’ migration" 3:00–3:50 pm)

Medicalization of FGM/C: A Curse or a Blessing?
Online discussion forum sponsored by INTACT in collaboration with the UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on FGM/C
(offsite link)

Beijing International Forum on Adolescent Sexual Health Education
Beijing, China

Nicole Haberland
Presenter: "It’s all one curriculum: A unified approach to sexuality, gender, and human rights"

10th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP10)
Busan, Korea
(more) (offsite link)

Workshop for Journalists on Post-Rape Care
Wits Development Hub, Johannesburg, South Africa
(more)

18th NACCW Biennial Conference
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
Eastern Cape, South Africa
(offsite link)

Julialynne Walker
Presenter: "Strengthening post rape care for child survivors" (7/6)

19th meeting of the International Society for Sexually Transmitted Diseases Research (ISSTDR)
Quebec City, Canada
(offsite link)

Oral session:

"Sex with stitches: The resumption of sexual activity during the post-circumcision healing period in Zambia" (Presenter and author: Paul C. Hewett) (Co-authors: Barbara S. Mensch, Timothy Hallett, Geoff Garnett, Kumbutso Dzekedzke, and Petra Todd) (PDF)

Poster sessions:

"Assessing comprehension of key informed consent concepts among clients undergoing male circumcision during scale-up of services in Zambia and Swaziland" (Authors: Barbara Friedland, Louis Apicella, Meredith Sheehy, Katie Schenk, Kelvin Munjile, Alfred Adams, and Paul C. Hewett) (PDF)

"Pregnancy and contraceptive experiences of women living with HIV in Mexico" (Authors: Marieke G. van Dijk, Kate Wilson, Xipatl Contreras, Allison Ettenger, H. Dawn Fukuda, and Sandra García)

8th World Congress in Health Economics
Toronto, Canada
(offsite link)

World YWCA Council and International Women's Summit
Zurich, Switzerland
(offsite link)

Judith Bruce and Jennifer Catino, presenters

Maternal Health Challenges in Kenya:
What New Research Evidence Shows
Woodrow Wilson Center’s 2011 Advancing Dialogue on Maternal Health series
Washington, DC
(offsite link)

John Townsend, panelist

6th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention (IAS 2011)
Rome, Italy
(more) (offsite link)

United Nations High Level Meeting on Youth
New York, New York

Invitation-only side event co-hosted by the Population Council:
CROSSFIRE—A dialogue between young leaders & policy decision-makers to seek answers for reaching "Zero New HIV infections" (1:15–2:45 pm)

ENDO 2011: The Endocrine Society's 93rd Annual Meeting & Expo
Boston, Massachusetts
(offsite link)

Régine Sitruk-Ware
Speaker: "Combined oral contraceptives and cardiovascular (CV) risk in premenopausal women" (Session: Progestins and cardiovascular health in women)

Patricia L. Morris
Speaker: "Tales of fertility in men: Modeling meiosis through post-translational modifications" (Translational symposium: Molecular mechanisms involved in male fertility) (6/4, 3:45–5:15 pm)

Alliance to End Child Marriage
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Annabel Erulkar
Presenter: "Focus on girls in Ethiopia: Enhancing skills, resources, and empowerment"

InsideNGO 2011 Annual Meeting
Washington, DC
(offsite link)

Stan Mierzwa
Presenter: "Mobile data collection in the field: Partnering with investigative and research programmatic staff on mobile data collection projects"

UN General Assembly High Level Meeting on AIDS
New York, New York
(more)

13th World Congress on Menopause
Sponsored by the International Menopause Society (IMS)
Rome, Italy
(offsite link)

Régine Sitruk-Ware
Member, Congress Steering Committee and IMS General Secretary

Speaker: "Debate for or against progestins in HRT" (Régine Sitruk-Ware for; Sarha Berga against) (6/9)

Speaker: "19-norprogesterones, nomegestrol acetate and metabolic patterns" (Symposium: "Preventive health care during the transitional period of the postmenopause") (6/9)

Extending Service Delivery (ESD) Regional Consultation Meeting
Washington, DC

Nahla Abdel-Tawab
Speaker: "Scaling up the provision of family planning messages in antenatal and postpartum services in Upper Egypt" (Co-author: Sally Saher)

38th Annual International Conference on Global Health: Securing a Healthier Future in a Changing World
Washington, DC
(more) (offsite link)

Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program Seminar Series
Population Council
New York, New York

Terence H. Hull
Speaker: "From cafeteria to street stall: Where the Indonesian family planning program went wrong" (more)

USAID/Ethiopia Preventive Care Package for HIV/AIDS Project Evaluation
Result Dissemination Workshop
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Annabel Erulkar, moderator

Woldemariam Girma
Presenter: "Evaluation of the project: Outcomes of the project and change in prevention behavior among PLWHA"

Kenya National AIDS Control Council
First National Biennial HIV and AIDS Research Conference
Nairobi, Kenya
(more) (offsite link)

6th International Conference on HIV Treatment and Prevention Adherence
Miami, Florida
(offsite link)

Mary Philip Sebastian
Presenter: "Factors affecting enrollment of newly diagnosed HIV-positive persons into ART services in India: An observational cohort study"

TOP2BTM: Prevention, Treatment and Care for MSM
Cape Town, South Africa
(offsite link)

Zukiswa Fipaza
Presenter: "Updates on MSM research in South Africa"

Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program Seminar Series
Population Council
New York, New York
SPECIAL TIME: 4:30–5:30 pm

Esther Duflo
Speaker: "Pak Sudarno's big family: Some reflections on population policy in developing countries" (more) (listen to a podcast of the seminar)

Basic Minimum Family Planning Content
Workshop organized by Khyber Medical University (KMU) in collaboration with the FALAH project
Islamabad, Pakistan
(more)

Population Footprints
A UCL and Leverhulme Trust symposium on human population growth and global carrying capacity
London, England
(offsite link)

Shireen Jejeebhoy, speaker

ADDING IT UP: An Expert Consultation on Leveraging Education to Empower Girls and Improve their Transitions to Adulthood
International Center for Research on Women
Washington, DC

Barbara Mensch
Presenter: "Educational outcomes and the transition to adulthood: Results from Malawi schooling and adolescent survey" (5/25, 10:15 am) (Panel I: Taking Stock of Progress and Challenges in Girls’ Education)

2011 Reproductive Justice Conference
Hampshire College
Amherst, Massachusetts
(offsite link)

44th Session of the United Nations Commission on Population and Development: "Fertility, reproductive health and development"
New York, New York

John Bongaarts
Keynote speaker: "Fertility trends and their implications for development" (4/11)

The Unite for Sight Global Health and Innovation 2011 Conference
New Haven, Connecticut
(offsite link)

Wendy Baldwin
Speaker: "Investing in adolescent girls: The transition to adulthood" (Session W28: Adolescent Girls) (4/16, 5:30–6:40 pm)

Endocrinology and Reproductive Biology Seminar Series
Rockefeller University
New York, New York

Marc Goldstein
Speaker: "The Shang Ring: A novel male circumcision device for HIV and HPV prevention" (more)

Accessing maternal health care services in urban slums: What do we know?
Webcast discussion, Woodrow Wilson Center’s 2011 Advancing Policy Dialogue on Maternal Health series
(offsite link)

John Townsend, moderator

13th European Congress of Endocrinology
Rotterdam, Netherlands
(offsite link)

Régine Sitruk-Ware
Speaker: "New pills" (Symposium 14: "Female contraception update") (5/2, 12:45–2:55 pm)

Political Economy of Low Fertility and Aging
Conference on "Demeny Voting" at the Center for Intergenerational Studies, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
Tokyo, Japan
(offsite link)

Paul Demeny, speaker and panelist

Population Reference Bureau (PRB) Discuss Online: "Promoting public demography"
(offsite link)

Peter Donaldson, speaker

Online discussion: "Emergency contraception: How far have we come? What's new? What's next?"
Hosted by the International Consortium for Emergency Contraception (ICEC)
(offsite link)

Martha Brady, presenter

Expanding Frontiers in Gender and Development
Sponsored by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
London, England
10:00 am–1:00 pm
(offsite link)

Sajeda Amin
Speaker: "Economic and social empowerment"

Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program Seminar Series
Population Council
New York, New York

Suzanne M. Bianchi
Speaker: "Gender, marital status, and intergenerational transfers of time later in the life course" (more)

13th Annual Scientific Conference (ASCON XIII): Science to Accelerate Universal Health Coverage
Dhaka, Bangladesh

Ubaidur Rob
Presenter: "Pay-for-performance for providers and clients: An alternate model to improve maternal, newborn and child health in Bangladesh"

French Association for Contraception
Paris, France

Régine Sitruk-Ware
Speaker: "Male contraception: Fact or fiction"

HIV Evolution, Genomics and Pathogenesis
Keystone Symposia Global Health Series
Whistler, British Columbia
(offsite link)

Organizers: Michael Emerman, Melissa Robbiani, and Amalio Telenti

Elena Martinelli
Speaker: "Virus–cell interplay and modulation of immune function" (3/24, 5:00–7:00 pm) (Co-authors: Hugo Tharinger, Ines Frank, James Arthos, Michael Piatak Jr., Jeffrey D. Lifson, James Blanchard, Agegnehu Gettie, and Melissa Robbiani)

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Expo
Johannesburg, South Africa
(more)

Meeting on Positive Opportunities and Risk Factors Affecting Adolescent Girls
Co-hosted by the Population Council and the Centre Population et Développement (CEPED)
Paris, France

MTN 005 ACASI Training
Presentation at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center
Bronx, New York
(offsite PDF)

Stan Mierzwa and Lauren Katzen, presenters

Launch of Equilibres et Population’s advocacy campaign for investing in adolescent girls in France
Paris, France

Judith Bruce and Sarah Engebretsen, presenters

Unleashing the Power of Adolescent Girls: Experiences from Ethiopia’s Brain Trust of Practitioners for Rural Girls’ Programs
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Annabel Erulkar
Presenter: "Rural girls in Ethiopia: Aligning programs with the evidence base"

Aster Tefera
Presenter: "Brain Trust exchange visits: Stories and lessons"

Population Association of America Annual Meeting
Washington, DC
(more) (offsite link)

Online discussion forum: "Public declarations: How effective are they in mobilizing communities against FGM/C?"
Sponsored by the International Network to Analyze, Communicate and Transform the Campaign against FGM/C (INTACT)
(offsite link)

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting
Washington, DC
(offsite link)

John Bongaarts
Speaker: "Stabilization then gradual decline in the human population in the 21st century?" (2/20)

18th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI)
Boston, Massachusetts
(more)

PEPFAR Special Initiative on Sexual and Gender-based Violence, Uganda and Rwanda
Washington, DC
(more)

Population Reference Bureau Discuss Online: "Have reproductive health voucher programs improved equity, efficiency, and impact?"
(offsite link)

Ben Bellows, presenter

NICHD Vision Reproduction Workshop
(Closed session by NICHD invitation only)
Bethesda, Maryland

Régine Sitruk-Ware and Linda Giudice, co-chairs

Malawi Schooling and Adolescent Study Dissemination Workshop
Centre for Educational Research and Training
University of Malawi/Population Council
(workshop funded by DFID, UK)
Zomba, Malawi

Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program Seminar Series
Population Council
New York, New York

Naila Kabeer
Speaker: "Gender equality beyond the MDGs: Towards a transformative agenda" (more)

Children and Youth in the MENA Region: Towards Unleashing their Potentials
conference organized by The Middle East and North Africa Child Protection Initiative (AUDI MENA CPI)
Beirut, Lebanon
(offsite link)

Asmaa El-Badawy
Panelist: "Labor market situation of Egyptian youth: Where do women stand?" (co-author: Maia Sieverding) (12/6, 12:00–2:00 pm)

Future of Urban Family Planning Program: Issues and Challenges
Workshop sponsored by the Population Council
Dhaka, Bangladesh

Nov 2010

Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program Seminar Series
Population Council
New York, New York

Gérard J. Salem
Speaker: "Urbanization and health: A comparative perspective between Africa and Europe" (more)

National Health and Research Conference—Universal Access to Health Care in Swaziland
Mbabane, Swaziland

Ian Askew, Keynote speaker (11/4)

Louis Apicella
Presenter: "A quantitative assessment of key concepts in the informed consent process among male circumcision clients in Swaziland"

Poster presenter: "The (mis)reporting of male circumcision status by men and women in Swaziland"

Charlotte Warren
Member, conference organizing committee
Panelist, INTEGRA Special Session: "Can integration improve the quality of postnatal care?" and "Fertility desires and family planning among postpartum women in Swaziland"

Endocrinology and Reproductive Biology Seminar Series
Rockefeller University
New York, New York

Gerald Schatten
Speaker: "ART and regenerative medicine in the developing world" (more)

American Public Health Association (APHA) 138th Annual Meeting and Exposition
Denver, Colorado
(more)

Population Reference Bureau Policy Seminar Series
Washington, DC
(offsite link)

Jeff Spieler, Régine Sitruk-Ware, and Michael J. Welsh
Speakers: "What's new and upcoming with contraceptive technologies: From research to the field"

10–12 Nov

The Health, Social and Economic Consequences of Unsafe Abortion
International seminar organized by the IUSSP Scientific Panel on Abortion and Population Council’s Mexico and Guatemala offices
Antigua, Guatemala
(offsite link)

Evaluation 2010 Conference
American Evaluation Association annual conference
San Antonio, Texas
(offsite link)

Katherine Williams, Meiwita Budiharsana, Quoc Mai Tung, and John Townsend
Presenters: "Context and considerations of evaluating a health professional capacity-building program in Vietnam" (11/12, 3:35–4:20 pm) (offsite link)

Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students
Charlotte, North Carolina
(offsite link)

David Guererro (Council intern)
Presenter: "Regulation of multiple nuclear receptors and protein expression in human endometrial adenocarcinoma" (co-authors: KeumSil Hwang and Patricia L. Morris) (11/13)

Struggle for Equality: Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Human Rights in Africa
International conference hosted by the Heinrich Böll Stiftung (HBS) and the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE)
Cape Town, South Africa

Chi-Chi Undie
Speaker: "What’s so un-African about homosexuality? Ruminations on silence, speech, and perceived selfishness from an Igbo perspective" (Opening Panel: "Un-African? Homosexuality and homophobia in Africa")

Kettil Brunn Society (KBS) Thematic Meeting on Alcohol Epidemiology and Policy
Kampala, Uganda
(offsite link)

Sam Kalibala
Presenter: "The feasibility of integrating alcohol risk-reduction counseling into existing VCT services in Kenya" (11/16, 11:00 am–12:30 pm) (Track C5: Strategies for intervention at individual, group, or national level: Interventions that have worked)

First Global Symposium on Health Systems Research
Montreux, Switzerland
(offsite link)

Ian Askew, John Townsend, and M.E. Khan
Presenters: "Using an extended operations research approach to test and scale up reproductive health service interventions" (11/17, 11:00 am–12:30 pm)

Timothy Abuya
Poster presenter: "Factors influencing implementation of Ministry of Health-led private medicine retailer programmes on malaria: Scaling up experiences from Kenya"

Panel session—"Addressing family planning needs of postpartum women: Evidence, gaps and strategies for strengthening health systems"

Participants:

Ian Askew
"Delivering family planning information and services for postpartum women: A review of evidence from operations research"

Charlotte Warren
"Family planning uptake within an integrated postpartum/HIV package"

Fortalecimiento de la Capacidad de Programación a Favor de las Niñas y Adolescentes
Technical workshop co-hosted by the Population Council
Guatemala City, Guatemala
(more)

Gender and Development Fair
Hosted by USAID/Bangladesh
Dhaka, Bangladesh

2010 Sixteen Days of Activism Against GBV: Structures of Violence
Co-hosted by Ethiopia Federal Ministry of Health, USAID, Population Council, Pathfinder International and JSI
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Annabel Erulkar
Presenter: "Gender-based violence in Ethiopia: Recent results from a seven-region study"

Emerging Perspectives on Women and Youth in Ethiopia: Results from a Seven-Region Study and Implications for Programs
Co-hosted by the Population Council and UNFPA
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Abebaw Ferede
Presenter: "The context of young people’s sexual and reproductive health"

Annabel Erulkar
Presenter: "New findings on gender-based violence in Ethiopia" and
"Special populations: Disabled young people"

Woldemariam Girma
Presenter: "Trends in family planning and safe motherhood in Ethiopia"

Oct 2010

The Danish-Arab-X-Change
Training course sponsored by the Danish-Egyptian Dialogue Institute
Cairo, Egypt

Safaa El-Kogali
Presenter: "Pathways to gender justice and equitable cultures"

Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program Seminar Series
Population Council
New York, New York

Lisa M. Bates
Speaker: "Gendered social context, deviance, and intimate partner violence in rural Bangladesh" (more)

EC Jamboree: Meeting of the International Consortium for Emergency Contraception (ICEC)
Hosted by Family Care International
New York, New York
(offsite link)

Future of Family Planning in Bangladesh: Issues and Challenges
Workshop sponsored by the Population Council
Dhaka, Bangladesh

World Statistics Day Celebration
Sponsored by the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS)
Cairo, Egypt

Safaa El-Kogali, speaker

Endocrinology and Reproductive Biology Seminar Series
Rockefeller University
New York, New York

Gail Prins
Speaker: "Developmental reprogramming by estrogens: Implications for prostate disease" (more)

American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) 66th Annual Meeting
Denver, Colorado
(more)

Sep 2010

European Population Conference 2010
Vienna, Austria
(offsite link)

John Bongaarts and Tomas Sobotka
Presenters: "Demographic explanations for the recent rise in Europe's fertility" (Session 12: Measuring Fertility, 9/2, 11:00 am–12:30 pm) (abstract)

Francis Obare, Harriet Birungi, and Anne Katahoire
Presenters: "HIV sero-status disclosure in the school context: Experiences of adolescents prenatally infected with HIV in Uganda" (Session 39: Sexual and Reproductive Health: Sexually Transmitted Infections, 9/2, 4:00–5:30 pm) (abstract)

Ashok Kumar
Poster presenter: "Sustainable transport environment in megalopolis cities of Delhi and Mumbai: Challenges and opportunities" (Session P-2: Poster Session 2, 9/3, 12:30–2:00 pm) (abstract)

Cell Biology and Flow Cytometry "CellCore" Seminar Series 
Population Council, Center for Biomedical Research
New York, New York

Robert Balderas
Speaker: "Fluorescent cell barcoding: Advances in high-throughput, multiparameter flow-based analysis" (more)

2010 Global Youth Enterprise and Livelihoods Development Conference
Making Cents International
Washington, DC
(offsite link)

Judith Bruce, Drew Gardiner, Jonathan Ortmans, and Elena Suarez
Plenary panel: "Key ingredients needed for high-impact youth enterprise, employment, and livelihoods development" (9/14, 3:15–4:45 pm)

Jennifer Catino, Kelly Hallman, and Elizabeth McGuinness
Presenters: "Designing economic empowerment programs for girls: What does it take?" (9/15, 10:30 am–12:00 pm)

We Can End Poverty, Millennium Development Goals, 2015: UN Summit
New York, New York
(offsite link)

Partnering with Faith-based Organizations for the Promotion of Gender Equality and Maternal Health
Workshop sponsored by the UNFPA Africa Regional Office and facilitated by UNFPA Ethiopia
Freetown, Sierra Leone

Tekle-Ab Mekbib
Presenter: "Developmental Bible" (9/22) (related project)

Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting 2010
New York, New York
(offsite link)

Judith Bruce
Panelist: "Addressing violence against girls and women" (9/22)

Safety 2010 World Conference
London, England
(offsite link)

M.E. Khan, presenter

Parenting, Gender Socialisation and the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect in Low- and Middle-income Countries
Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) seminar
London, England
(offsite link)

Aug 2010

2010 Research Methods Course in Sexual and Reproductive Health and HIV
Johannesburg, South Africa
(offsite link)

30 Aug–1 Sep

Global Maternal Health Conference 2010
New Delhi, India
(more) (offsite link)

Jul 2010

From Behind the Scenes to the Forefront: Gender Equality, Social Institutions and the Millennium Development Goals
Panel discussion sponsored by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Development Centre, the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), and the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
United Nations Headquarters
New York, New York
1:00–2:45 pm
(more)

Annabel Erulkar, speaker

18–23 Jul

XVIII International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2010)
Vienna, Austria
(more) (offsite link)

Jun 2010

Protecting Adolescent Girls: Evidence for the Global Health Initiative
The Interagency Youth Working Group 2010 Meeting
Washington, DC
(offsite link)

7–9 Jun

Women Deliver 2010 Global Conference
Washington, DC
(more) (offsite link)

Defusing the Bomb: Overcoming Pakistan's Population Challenge
Conference sponsored by the Asia Program at the Woodrow Wilson Center
Washington, DC
9:30 am–4:30 pm
(offsite link)

Zeba A. Sathar
Opening address: "Demographic doom or demographic dreams: Pakistan at the crossroads" (9:30 am)

Towards a New Research Agenda for the Middle East Youth Initiative: Reflections, Opportunities and the Way Forward Location
Damascus, Syria

Safaa El-Kogali
Presenter: "Population Council work on youth, current and future" (Session: Future Directions in Light of Emerging Priorities, 2:00–3:30 pm)

14–18 Jun

37th Annual International Conference on Global Health
Washington, DC
(more) (offsite link)

ENDO 2010: 92nd Annual Meeting of the Endocrine Society
San Diego, California
(offsite link)

Patrica L. Morris
Symposia chair: "The nuts and bolts of testicular function" (6/19, 3:45–5:15 pm)

Presenter: "Selective progesterone receptor modulator ulipristal differentially regulates expression and activation of multiple signalling pathways in human breast cancer and normal human mammary epithelial cells" (6/20)
(Co-authors: KeumSil Hwang, Lyann Mitchell, Catherine Rapelje, and Régine Sitruk-Ware)

Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program Seminar Series
Population Council
New York, New York

Nadine Goodman
Speaker: "A case study: How strategic advocacy by a community-based, midwifery initiative is impacting Mexico’s national health system" (more)

30 Jun

Caring for Families and Strengthening AIDS-affected Communities: New Evidence from Uganda
Washington, DC
(more)

May 2010

Using Mobile Technologies to Improve Family Planning, Maternal Health, and Newborn Services in the Developing World
SHOPS and mHealth Alliance Hold Online Conference
(offsite link)

Ben Bellows
Presenter: "SMS platform for output-based voucher program" (Panel 2: "mHealth applications addressing different stakeholder needs")

Engendering Empowerment: Education and Equality
United Nations Girls' Education Initiative (UNGEI) conference
Dakar, Senegal
(offsite link)

Safaa El-Kogali, Cynthia Lloyd, Jenny Robinson, Johanna Rankin, and Ali Rashed
Presenters: "Gender, displacement and education: Preliminary findings from a qualitative study in north Darfur"

19–22 May

11th Congress of the European Society of Contraception and Reproductive Health
The Hague, Netherlands
(offsite link)

Régine Sitruk-Ware
Chair, Congress Session 1: "New formulations in hormonal contraception" (5/20, 10:30 am–12:00 pm)

Expert moderator, Meet the Expert session: "Future of contraception" (5/20, 12:30–1:30 pm)

Speaker, French Society of Contraception lecture: "L'anneau vaginal annuel a la nestorone" (5/20, 2:00–3:30 pm)

Speaker, Expert Group on Hormonal Contraception lecture: "Future technologies for male contraception" (5/21, 12:25–1:25 pm)

Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program Seminar Series
Population Council
New York, New York

Christopher Weiss
Speaker: "Grade retention and its effects on student performance: New evidence from the ECLS" (more)

22–25 May

16th World Congress of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
Montpellier, France
(offsite link)

Régine Sitruk-Ware
Chair (with Catherine d'Arcangues): "Contraception and the adolescent," symposium sponsored by the World Health Organization and Population Council (5/23, 9:15–10:45 am)

Symposium speaker: "New contraceptive technologies and the adolescent"

Speaker: "The progestins: All similar?" (Symposium: "Advances in oral contraception") (5/24, 11:15 am–12:45 pm)

22–25 May

International Microbicides Conference
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
(more) (offsite link)

Apr 2010

14 Apr

Spermatogenesis Ringside: SUMO Wrestling
Health Sciences Center, Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas

Patricia L. Morris, speaker

15—17 Apr

Population Association of America (PAA) Annual Meeting
Dallas, Texas
(more) (offsite link)

20 Apr

Positive Health, Dignity, and Prevention Workshop
Hanoi, Vietnam

Harriet Birungi and Chi-Chi Undie
Presenters: "Positive health, dignity, and prevention: Why undertake operations research?"

26–28 Apr

Adolescent Girls: Cornerstone of Society—
Building Evidence and Policies for Inclusive Societies
UNICEF-GPIA International Conference
New York, New York
(offsite link)

Sajeda Amin
Moderator, Panel 1: "Using evidence and data to make adolescent girls visible and actionable" (4/26, 2:15–5:15 pm)

Martha Brady
Panelist: "Girls' assessment of their own safety" (Panel 1)

Annabel Erulkar and Judith Bruce
Panelists: "Supporting domestic workers and other marginalized girls in Ethiopia" (Panel 2: "Lessons learned—How to keep girls at the center," 4/27, 3:15–5:30 pm)

Helping Girls Attain Self-Worth and Self-Sufficiency
Population Reference Bureau's Discuss Online
1:00 pm EDT
(offsite link)

Wendy Baldwin, speaker

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics Research Seminar Series
George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services
Washington, DC
12:00–1:00 pm

Katie Schenk
Presenter: "Child's play? Challenges to conducting HIV field research among children"

Mar 2010

1 Mar

CEDAW as a Tool to Promote Gender Equality in Physical Activity and Sport
UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) parallel event
Church Centre for the United Nations
New York, New York
6:00–7:30 pm

Johanna Adriannse, Martha Brady, and Carole Oglesby
Featured speakers

1–5 Mar

54th Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) Conference
Chicago, Illinois
(offsite link)

Cynthia B. Lloyd
Discussant, panel session: “Reaching the marginalized” (3/4, 1:30–3:00 pm)

4–7 Mar

14th World Congress of Gynecological Endocrinology
Florence, Italy
(offsite link)

Régine Sitruk-Ware
Speaker: "Are all progestins created equal?" (International Menopause Society symposium: "Unanswered questions on HRT") (3/6, 8:30–10:00 am)

Speaker: "Vascular effects of progestins" (Session: "Progesterone and progestins: Their targets") (3/6, 3:10–5:10 pm)

5 Mar

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Seminar Series
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

John Bongaarts
Speaker: “Has the HIV/AIDS epidemic peaked?” (12:30–1:30 pm)

9 Mar

Prevention Now! Expanding Access to Female and Male Condoms
through Advocacy and Programming
Panel discussion co-sponsored by the Population Council
at the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
New York, New York
12:00–1:30 pm
(PDF)

Martha Brady, panelist

9 Mar

Marginalization and the Adolescent Experience
in Poor Urban Areas of Ethiopia
Dissemination event organized by the Population Council, Ethiopia
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
(PDF)

16 Mar

Launch of the Developmental Bible Manual by His Holiness Abune Paulos, Patriarch, Ethiopian Orthodox Church and Mr. Bunmi Makinwa, Director UNFPA Africa Region
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
(PDF)

18 Mar

Endocrinology and Reproductive Biology Seminar Series
Rockefeller University
New York, New York

Francesco J. DeMayo
Speaker: "Molecular signaling regulating endometrial function in
mice and women" (more)

20–24 Mar

Capacity Building Workshop to Enhance Research and Programs
on Youth Reproductive Health in Egypt
Sponsored by the Population Council
Cairo, Egypt
(more)

Deadline for applications: 10 February 2010

22–24 Mar

Women and Youth in Arab Development
Arab Planning Institute's 9th International Conference
Cairo, Egypt
(offsite link)

Asmaa Elbadawy
Presenter: "Impact of international male migration on women's status: The case of Egypt" (co-author: Rania Roushdy)

25 Mar

Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program Seminar Series
Population Council
New York, New York

Simeen Mahmud
Speaker: "Researching women’s empowerment and citizenship in Bangladesh: Challenges and prospects for influence" (more)

31 Mar

Endocrinology and Reproductive Biology Seminar Series
Rockefeller University
New York, New York

Live Audio Conference

Karen Rodland
Speaker: "Winning more grants! Learn best tactics for use on new NIH short form" (more)

Feb 2010

4 Feb

4th International Symposium on the Genetics of Male Infertility
Park City, Utah
(offsite link)

Patricia L. Morris
Speaker: "Tales of male fertility: Modeling ART from man to fly"

8–20 Feb

Interventions to Accelerate the Abandonment of FGM: Lessons Learned
An online discussion forum
(more)

9–12 Feb

4th Africa Conference on Sexual Health and Rights
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
(offsite link)

Annabel Erulkar and Abebaw Ferede
Presenters: "Social exclusion and early, unwanted sexual initiation in poor urban settings in Ethiopia"

Chi-Chi Undie
"The realities of 'choice' in Africa: Implications for sexuality, vulnerability, and HIV/AIDS," plenary address and panel discussion on "Choice, sexuality, vulnerability, and HIV/AIDS" (2/9, 11:00 am-1:00 pm) (PDF)

Harriet Birungi
Panelist: "Sexuality and living with HIV: Experiences of young people in East Africa" (co-author: Francis Obare) (2/10, 3:30 pm)

13 Feb

Redeemed Christian Church of God HIV Awareness Seminar
Nairobi, Kenya

Chi-Chi Undie
Presenter: “The sexuality of young people perinatally infected with HIV in East Africa” (co-author: Harriet Birungi) (2:30-3:00 pm)

24 Feb

Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program Seminar Series
Population Council
New York, New York

Monica Das Gupta
Speaker: "Son preference in China, South Korea, and India: Underlying causes and some consequences" (more)

5 Jan

Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program Seminar Series
Population Council
New York, New York

Asmita Basu
Speaker: "Legislating on domestic violence" (more)

16–18 Jan

11th Annual Global Development Conference
Prague, Czech Republic
(offsite link)

Asmaa Elbadawy
Presenter: "Impact of international migration and remittances on child schooling and child work: The case of Egypt" (co-author: Rania Roushdy) (Session: "International migration: Crossing borders, changing lives?") (1/16, 4:30–6:30 pm)

NOTE: This paper was awarded second prize in the conference's competition for “Medals on Research on Development” under the theme “International Migration: Crossing Borders, Changing Lives”

20 Jan

Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program Seminar Series
Population Council
New York, New York

Susan Purdin
Speaker: "The provision of reproductive health services in crisis settings" (more)

20 Jan

Population Reference Bureau 2009–2010 Policy Seminar Series
Washington, DC
(offsite link)

John Bongaarts
Presenter: "Has the HIV/AIDS epidemic peaked?"

23–24 Jan

The First International Development Conference of Syria 2010:
Emerging Role of Civil Society in Development
Damascus, Syria
(offsite link)
 
Safaa El-Kogali
Presenter: "Ishraq programme: Safe spaces for adolescent girls to learn and grow" (1/23, 2:00–3:30 pm)

3 Dec

16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence
Co-hosted by the Population Council, USAID Ethiopia, Pathfinder International, Management Sciences for Health, and EngenderHealth
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

3 Dec

Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program Seminar Series
Population Council
New York, New York

Joanne Csete
Speaker: "The other African AIDS epidemic: Injection drug use and the policy environment for prevention and care" (more)

3 Dec

Integrating HIV/AIDS and Maternal Health Services
Maternal Health Policy Series
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Washington, DC
12:00–2:00 pm

Harriet Birungi, presenter

5–9 Dec

The American Society for Cell Biology 49th Annual Meeting
San Diego, California
(offsite link)

Patricia L. Morris
Presenter: "Meiotic maturation arrest is associated with synaptic disruptions in human zygotene-pachytene spermatocytes"
(12/6, 11:00 am–12:30 pm)

7 Dec

New Lessons: The Power of Educating Adolescent Girls
World Bank
Washington, DC

Cynthia B. Lloyd, author and presenter

7–9 Dec

Children and Armed Conflicts:
Risk, Resilience and Mental Health
National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine
Washington, DC

Safaa El-Kogali
Presenter: "Meeting the developmental needs of the children of Darfur" (12/8, 1:45–2:30 pm)

8 Dec

New Lessons: The Power of Educating Adolescent Girls
Book launch sponsored by the United Nations Foundation, Nike Foundation, Population Council, and CARE
Washington, DC

Cynthia B. Lloyd, author

10 Dec

Myths Versus Facts About Family Planning
Population Council
Washington, DC
(more)

14–17 Dec

1st Conference on Update of HIV/AIDS in Africa
Accra, Ghana

Julialynne Walker
Presenter: "Children Services Directory: Prioritizing the vulnerable" (Preventive Technologies session)

15 Dec

National Conference on Delivery of Family Planning Services by Health Care Providers
Islamabad, Pakistan
 
Zeba A. Sathar
Presenter: "Tapping unmet need for family planning: Opportunity for contraceptive uptake" (PDF)
 

15 Dec

Association of Volunteers in International Service (AVSI) Technical Operative Committee (CTO) workshop
Milan, Italy
(offsite link)

Eric Green
Presenter: "Women's income-generating support program" (co-authors: Federico Riccio, Jackie Aldrette, Chris Blattman, Jeannie Annan, and Julian Jamison)

15 Dec

Clinical Andrology Conference
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, New York

Patricia L. Morris
Presenter: "Tales of male fertility: Man, mouse and fly" (Location: A-106) (5:00–6:30 pm)

4 Nov

Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program Seminar Series
Population Council
New York, New York

Abigail Harrison
Speaker: "Exploring the relationship and fertility contexts of HIV risk among young adults in South Africa" (more)

5 Nov

Supporting Partnerships to Raise Youth Awareness for Reproductive Health
Seminar sponsored by the Reproductive Health program of the Population Council's West Asia and North Africa office, in collaboration with the Cairo Family Planning Association and supported by the Ford Foundation
Cairo, Egypt
9:30 am–3:00 pm

7–9 Nov

Economic Research Forum 16th Annual Conference:
"Shocks, Vulnerability and Therapy"
Cairo, Egypt
(offsite link)

Asmaa Elbadawy and Rania Roushdy
Presenters: "Impact of international migration and remittances on child schooling and child work: The case of Egypt" (11/9)

NOTE: This paper was awarded a certificate for best paper in labor and human development at the ERF conference

7–11 Nov

American Public Health Association
137th Annual Meeting & Exposition
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
(more)

10–11 Nov

Second Research Seminar on Gender and Work in the MENA Region
Sponsored by the Population Council's Poverty, Gender, and Youth program, with the support of the IDRC
Cairo, Egypt

12 Nov

Building Girls' Protection Strategies Against HIV/AIDS:
What We Know and What We Need to Know
Day of Dialogue sponsored by the Population Council
Lusaka, Zambia
(more)

15–18 Nov

International Conference on Family Planning: Research and Best Practices
Kampala, Uganda
(more)

20 Nov

Interdisciplinary Toxicology Series
University of Illinois

Patricia L. Morris
Presenter: "Knights of the Round Table: Protecting the male germ line" (12:00 pm)

Oct 2009

4–9 Oct

XIX FIGO World Congress of Gynecology & Obstetrics
Cape Town, South Africa

6–7 Oct

Microbicides: Accomplishments and the Way Forward
Alliance for Microbicide Development final meeting
Washington, DC
(offsite link)

Thomas Zydowsky
Panelist (representing MIV-150): "Preclinical panel analysis results"

18–20 Oct

5th Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights
Beijing, China
(offsite link)

Ismat Bhuiya
Presenter: "Care and support for survivors of sexual violence: A situation analysis in Bangladesh" and "Reproductive health and rights for urban poor in Bangladesh"

18–23 Oct

8th International Conference on Urban Health
Nairobi, Kenya
(offsite link)

Poster presentation: "Health-seeking behavior and access to HIV treatment among migrants in the inner city of Johannesburg, South Africa" (10/21, 3:00–4:00 pm) (authors: Brigitte Bagnol, Brian N'andu, Nedson Pophiwa, Nyoni Phefumula Nyaninge, Celso Inguane, Anne Simon, Zukiswa Fipaza, Edwin Maroga, and Andrew Karlyn) (abstract)

22 Oct

Children Services Directory
Workshop hosted by the Population Council/South Africa
Randburg, South Africa
(offsite link)

27 Oct

A Pivotal Moment: Population, Justice and the Environmental Challenge
Book launch sponsored by the Environmental Change and Security Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Washington, DC
(offsite link)

John Bongaarts, panelist

28–30 Oct

United States–Russia 2009 HIV/AIDS Prevention Workshop
Moscow, Russia
(offsite link)

Barbara S. Mensch
Presenter: "Challenges in conducting behavioral research in HIV prevention studies: Examples from microbicide trials"

29 Oct

Learning to Lead
An interactive discussion on girls' education and leadership
New York, New York
8:30–10:00 am
(PDF)

Cynthia B. Lloyd, panelist

30 Oct

Does Climate Change Threaten Our Cities?
Population Reference Bureau's Discuss Online
1:00–2:00 pm
(offsite link)

Mark Montgomery, speaker

Sep 2009

2–4 Sep

Global Partners in Action: NGO Forum on Sexual and Reproductive Health
and Development
Berlin, Germany
(offsite link)

10–13 Sep

8th Congress of the European Society of Gynecology
Rome, Italy
(offsite link)

Régine Sitruk-Ware
Speaker: "Delivery routes for hormonal contraception"

22–25 Sep

2009 Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting
New York, New York
(more)

27 Sep–2 Oct

XXVI IUSSP International Population Conference
Marrakech, Morocco
(more)

Aug 2009

3–28 Aug

2009 Research Methods Course in Sexual and Reproductive Health and HIV
Johannesburg, South Africa
(offsite link)

9–13 Aug

9th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP)
Bali, Indonesia
(offsite link)

18 Aug

Launch of KwaZulu-Natal Integrated Antenatal
and Postnatal Care Policy and Guidelines
Umkhanyakude District, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
9:00 am–3:00 pm
(project information)

26 Aug

The World's Cities: Mapping Urban Growth in Developing Countries
Brownbag seminar and live webcast (offsite link)
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Washington, DC
12:00–1:30 pm

Mark Montgomery and Karen Seto, presenters

30 Aug

Promoting Financial Education Workshop
Dhaka, Bangladesh

Jul 2009

1 Jul

Ishraq—Scale Up Launch Event
Cairo, Egypt
(news release)

6–9 Jul

SVRI (Sexual Violence Research Initiative) Forum 2009
Johannesburg, South Africa

8 Jul

Cell Biology and Flow Cytometry "CellCore" Seminar Series
Sponsored by the Population Council at Rockefeller University
New York, New York

Dolores J. Lamb
Speaker: "Leptin ghrelin interplay in the testis" (more)

13–16 Jul

When Religion and Health Align: Mobilizing Religious Health Assets
for Transformation
African Religious Health Assets Programme (ARHAP) International Conference
Cape Town, South Africa
(offsite link)

15 Jul

Meeting of Pollsters of Arab Youth
Beirut, Lebanon

Ghada Barsoum
Presenter: "The survey on young people in Egypt: Methodology and conceptualization"

15–17 Jul

Fertility Declines in the Past, Present, and Future:
What We Don’t Know and What We Need to Know
A joint workshop of the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, the British Society for Population Studies, and the Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure
Cambridge, United Kingdom
(offsite link)

Paul Demeny and Geoffrey McNicoll, speakers

19–22 Jul

5th International AIDS Society (IAS) Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention
Cape Town, South Africa

20–21 Jul

Dissemination Event: Poverty, Job Quality and Labor Market Dynamics
in the Middle East and North Africa
Cairo, Egypt

30 Jul

Africa's Future: Improving the Health of Mothers and Children
Population Reference Bureau's Discuss Online
(offsite link)

John Bongaarts and Nafissatou Diop, speakers

30–31 Jul

Migration and Development Seminar
Johannesburg, South Africa

Zukiswa Fipaza
Presenter: "Hidden prospects: The role of social networks in service delivery for migrants in the inner city of Johannesburg, South Africa" (7/31, 9:45 am) (PDF)

Jun 2009

5 Jun

Congressional Briefing—Africa's Future:
Improving the Health of Mothers and Children
Washington, DC

9 Jun

The Endocrine Society Basic Research Affairs Committee Meeting
Washington, DC
(offsite link)
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Patricia L. Morris, committee member

10–13 Jun

The Endocrine Society Annual Meeting
Washington, DC
(offsite link)

Patricia L. Morris
Presenter: "Male maturation arrest in meiosis in human zygoteneˆ’pachytene spermatocytes associated with synaptic disruptions and dysregulation of SUMOylation and ubiquitination" (co-authors: Petrice Brown, Keumsil Hwang, and Peter N. Schlegel) (6/12, 1:00 pm)

10–14 Jun

2009 HIV/AIDS Implementers’ Meeting
Windhoek, Namibia
(offsite link)

Saiqa Mullick
Presenter: "Strengthening and scaling up HIV services through integration into family planning: Results from an evaluation"
(co-authors: Nzwaki Mosery, Mantshi Menziwa, Doctor Khoza, and Edwin Maroga)

Scott Geibel
Poster presenter: "Using capture-recapture methods for enumerating vulnerable and hard-to-reach populations" (co-authors: Eduard Sanders and Stanley Luchters)

17 Jun

Are We Being Heard? Effectively Strengthening
Sexual and Reproductive Health and HIV Services
Roundtable discussion co-hosted by UNAIDS, World Health Organization, and UNFPA
Geneva, Switzerland
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Speakers: Ward Cates, Ian Askew, and Kevin Moody

22–23 Jun

G8 International Parliamentarians Conference: Strategic Investments
in Times of Crisis—The Rewards of Making Women’s Health a Priority
Rome, Italy

Judith Bruce
Speaker: "Making critical and timely investments in adolescent girls' health: Why and how" (6/22)

22–24 Jun

HIV Prevention, Treatment and Care Summit
Meeting hosted by the Amhara Regional HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Office
Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

Annabel Erulkar
Presenter: "Preventing early marriage"

Tekle-Ab Mekbib
Presenter: "Developmental bible"
Presenter TBA: "Addis Birhan male norms project"

28 Jun–1 Jul

18th International Society for Sexually Transmitted Diseases Research (ISSTDR): Scanning the Horizon
London, England
(offsite link)

Kate S. Wilson
Poster session: "Sexual norms and HIV risk behaviors among migrant Mexican men living in Texas"

Heidi E. Jones, Loren M. Dobkin, Adriana A. Pinho, Carla Giana Luppi, Paul C. Hewett, and Sheri Lippman
Poster session: "Linking intimate partner violence and STIs: Findings from São Paulo, Brazil"

L. McVarish, P. Gorbach, Barbara S. Mensch, A. Coly, A. Young, Benoit R. Mâsse, B. Makanani, L. Chinula, C. Nkhoma, T. Tembo, Stan Mierzwa, K. Reynolds, S. Hurst, Anne S. Coletti, and A. Forsyth
Poster session: "Use of computer-assisted self-interview to assess product use in microbicide trials: Lessons learned in HPTN 035" (PDF)

30 Jun–2 Jul

Reducing Inequities: Ensuring Universal Access to Family Planning
in the Context of Sexual and Reproductive Health
UNFPA
New York, New York

John Townsend
Chair, Session 3: "Eliminating missed opportunities" (6/30, 2:30–4:00 pm)

Adam Weiner
Presenter: "Identifying the vulnerable and underserved—Introduction of mapping tools" (Session 4: "Paving the way for increasing success") (7/1, 9:45–10:45 am)

Nafissatou Diop
Presenter: "Reaching adolescents through a variety of approaches" (Session 5: "Reaching hard to reach populations) (7/1, 12:00–1:00  pm)

May 2009

3–7 May

Training Workshop on Gender and Work in the MENA Region
Population Council
Cairo, Egypt

4 May

Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program Seminar Series
Population Council
New York, New York

Joshua R. Goldstein
Speaker: "The end of lowest-low fertility? An overview of recent increases of fertility in lowest-low-fertility countries in Europe and Asia" (more)

6 May

Unfinished Agenda for Family Planning
Panel discussion at the World Bank
Washington, DC
(11:00 am–1:00 pm)

Anrudh K. Jain
Presenter: "Linkages between family planning programs and other sectors" (PDF)

6–7 May

Multi-sectoral Approaches to Addressing (and Preventing) Sexual Assault
and Domestic Violence: A Collective Force to Stop the Violence
Leadership symposium hosted by the Population Council/South Africa and Academy for Educational Development (AED)
Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa

11 May

Anrudh K. Jain
UNFPA brownbag presentation: "A tryst with destiny: Demography can help realize the dream" (12:30 pm) (PDF)

13 May

Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program Seminar Series
Population Council
New York, New York

Agnes R. Quisumbing
Speaker: "Assets and poverty traps in Bangladesh" (more)

14 May

Climate Change and Urban Adaptation: Managing Unavoidable Health Risks
in Developing Countries
Annual symposium on policy and health, sponsored by the Johns Hopkins Population Center and the Population Reference Bureau
National Press Club
Washington, DC
(offsite link)

Mark Montgomery, speaker

14 May

Endocrinology and Reproductive Biology Seminar Series 
Rockefeller University
New York, New York

Paul Cooke
Speaker: "Direct transdifferentiation of stem/progenitor spermatogonia into reproductive and non-reproductive tissues of all germ layers" (more)

20 May

Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program Seminar Series
Population Council
New York, New York

Jonathan Morduch
Speaker: "Portfolios of the poor: How the world's poor live on $2 a day" (more)

26–30 May

36th Annual International Conference on Global Health
Washington, DC

Apr 2009

1 Apr

Cell Biology and Flow Cytometry "CellCore" Seminar Series
Sponsored by the Population Council at Rockefeller University
New York, New York

Y. John Shyu
Speaker: "Stem cell research: Improvements of conditions" (more)

1–2 Apr

¡Reducir la Pobreza es un Hecho y un Derecho! Encuentro Latinoamericano Nuevas Estrategias para Reducir la Pobreza Extrema [Reducing poverty is a fact and a right! Latin American meeting on new strategies for reducing extreme poverty]
Guatemala City, Guatemala
(Agenda PDF en español)

Kelly Hallman
Presenter: "Beneficiarios y focalización de las estrategias de reducción de pobreza extrema [Beneficiaries and targeting of strategies for reducing extreme poverty]" (4/2, 9:00–9:30 am)

4–7 Apr

American Society of Andrology 34th Annual Meeting—
Bench to Bedside: Advances in Andrology
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
(offsite link)

Patricia L. Morris and Petrice W. Brown
Co-chairs: Symposium I—Meiosis in the Male(4/5, 9:30–11:00 am)

Patricia L. Morris
Speaker: "Synaptic disruptions, aberrant SUMO-1 association, and ubiquitination of zygotene-pachytene spermatocytes in a man with meiotic maturation arrest" (co-authors: Petrice W. Brown and Peter N. Schlegel)

6–8 Apr

Ethiopia National HIV Prevention Summit: Putting Prevention First
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Annabel Erulkar
Speaker: "Gender-based violence (GBV) as a cross-cutting theme"

13 Apr

Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program Seminar Series
Population Council
New York, New York

Cynthia B. Lloyd
Speaker: "Girls transformed: The power of education for girls during adolescence" (more)

14–15 Apr

Men and Women as Allies
National Conference on the Primary Prevention of Men's Violence Against Women
Washington, DC
(offsite link)

Awraris Alemayehu, speaker
(PDF of related publication)

16–17 Apr

Introduction and Adoption of New HIV/AIDS Technologies:
Building a Platform for Healthier Futures
Washington, DC

22 Apr

Endocrinology and Reproductive Biology Seminar Series 
Rockefeller University
New York, New York

Marco Seandel
Speaker: "Alternative routes to pluripotency: From germ cells to the niche" (more)

22–24 Apr

XXI Meeting of the Latin American Association of Human Reproduction Researchers
São Paulo, Brazil
(offsite link)

Régine Sitruk-Ware
Speaker: "New frontiers in the development of contraceptive methods"

25–28 Apr

National Abortion Federation Annual Meeting
Portland, Oregon

Presentations at International Luncheon on Mexico City (4/27, 1:00–2:20 pm):

Sandra García: "One year after the groundbreaking legalization of abortion in Mexico City, where does the public stand on the issue?"

Kate S. Wilson: "Profile of the first 8,500 women who have received first trimester abortions in Mexico City in a newly legalized setting"

Marieke G. van Dijk: "Experiences of women who had a legal abortion in Mexico City"

27 Apr–1 May

12th World Congress on Public Health
Istanbul, Turkey
(offsite link)

Fernando Gonzales Salguero
Poster presenter: "Strategies to introduce in the clinical practice the delayed clamping of the umbilical cord to diminish child anemia" (co-authors: Marjorie Viscarra, Paola Bedregal, and Rosario Perez) (4/29, 12:30–2:00)

30 Apr

Endocrinology and Reproductive Biology Seminar Series 
Rockefeller University
New York, New York

Gail Cornwall
Speaker: "The cystatin CRES: Amyloidogenic properties and reproductive function" (more)

30 Apr–2 May

Population Association of America 2009 Annual Meeting
Detroit, Michigan

Mar 2009

2–13 Mar

Fifty-third Session of the Commission on the Status of Women
United Nations
New York, New York
(offsite link)

Marcia Azucena Yat Jor, participant in the UNFPA-supported Abriendo Opportunidades initiative (PDF of related publication), and
guest speaker at a reception of the UN Interagency Task Force on Adolescent Girls: "Girl power and potential"(3/3, 6:30–8:30 pm)

Anrudh Jain
Panel speaker: "Feminization of HIV/AIDS and men's sexual behavior" at a panel on Feminization of HIV and Macroeconomic Policies, co-sponsored by Guttmacher Institute and Population Council (PDF of presentation) (3/10, 6:00 pm)

6 Mar

International Women's Day 2009: "In Their Own Voices"
Intercontinental Hotel
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
(PDF of agenda)

The Population Council's Ethiopia office is helping to organize this event and will present on "Addis Birhan," a new program for husbands in rural Amhara (more about the Council's work in Ethiopia)

7–10 Mar

9th International Congress of Andrology
Barcelona, Spain
(offsite link)

Peter Schlegel, speaker
"Nonobstructive azoospermia: Who has sperm?" (Postgraduate course: "Male infertility") (3/7, 2:30–3:30 pm)

"Surgical remediable causes of azoospermia" (Symposium 1C: "Clinical azoospermia")(3/8, 10:30 am–12:00 pm)

"Surgical alternatives to IVF and sperm retrieval techniques: Indications and outcomes" (Workshop 1) (3/8, 12:00–1:00 pm)

Régine Sitruk-Ware
Speaker: "Public and private partnership in male contraception" (Symposium 6B: "Male contraception," sponsored by the World Health Organization) (3/10, 10:15–11:45 am)

10 Mar

11th Male Contraceptive Summit Meeting
Barcelona, Spain

Régine Sitruk-Ware
Discussion: "Research group on methods for the regulation of male fertility" (Please note: This is a closed meeting)

17–21 Mar

56th Annual Meeting of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation:
"Science and Women's Health: The Impact of Genes,
Hormones and Environment"
Glasgow, Scotland
(offsite link)

Régine Sitruk-Ware
Speaker: "Non-oral delivery of contraceptive hormones" (Mini Symposia Series #1: "Novel contraceptive targets") (3/19, 3:00–
3:30 pm)

22–26 Mar

53rd Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society: "The Politics of Comparison"
Charleston, South Carolina
(offsite link)

Paul C. Hewett, presenter
"Educational inequalities in the midst of persistent poverty: Diversity across Africa in educational outcomes" (co-author: Cynthia B. Lloyd) (3/23, 10:00–11:30 am)

"Assessing the impact of primary school quality on adolescent educational transitions in Malawi" (co-authors: Barbara S. Mensch, Cynthia B. Lloyd, and Joseph P.G. Chimombo) (3/23, 4:00–
5:30 pm)

22–27 Mar

HIV Immunobiology: From Infection to Immune Control
Keystone Symposia Global Health Series
Keystone, Colorado
(offsite link)

Panagiotis Vagenas
Poster presenter: "A tonsillar polyICLC/AT-2 SIV therapeutic vaccine maintains low viremia in infected Rhesus macaques following antiretroviral therapy cessation" (co-authors: Vennansha G. Williams, Edith Jasny, Michael Piatak Jr., Jeffrey D. Lifson, Julian W. Bess Jr., Andres M. Salazar, James Blanchard, Agegnehu Gettie, and Melissa Robbiani)

24–25 Mar

1st International Symposium on Advancing Prevention Technologies
for Sexual and Reproductive Health: A Strategy Symposium
Co-sponsored by the Population Council
Berkeley, California
(offsite link)

Martha Brady
Member, scientific advisory committee
Presenter: "Responding to women’s multiple SRH needs with multi-purpose technologies" (PDF)

29 Mar–3 Apr

Dendritic Cells Meeting
Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology
Banff, Canada
(offsite link)

Nina Derby
Poster presenter: "The double stranded RNA analog poly(I:C) inhibits HIV amplification in dendritic cells via type I IFN-mediated activation of APOBEC3G" (co-authors: Susanna Trapp, Rachel Singer, Andrew Shaw, Vennansha G. Williams, Stuart G. Turville, Julian W. Bess Jr., Jeffrey D, Lifson, and Melissa Robbiani)

30 Mar–3 Apr

Engaging Men and Boys in Achieving Gender Equality
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
(offsite link)

Judith Bruce
Plenary speaker: "Gender equality dialogue: Voices from the women's and girls' rights and empowerment field respond" (3/31, 9:00–10:30 am)

Awraris Alemayehu
Speaker: "Male norms"

30 Mar–3 Apr

42nd Session of the Commission on Population and Development
United Nations Headquarters
New York, New York
(offsite link)

Zeba Sathar
Keynote speaker: "The interrelations among gender, population and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals" (4/1)

31 Mar–3 Apr

4th South African AIDS Conference: Scaling Up for Success
Durban, South Africa
(offsite link)

Sophy Mabasa
Poster presenter: "Effectiveness of available information, education, and communication (IEC) materials for male involvement in reproductive health" (co-author: Stubbs Maluleke) (PDF)

Mantshi Menziwa
Presenter: "Scaling up Balanced Counseling Strategy Plus (BCS+) to improve the quality of family planning and HIV counseling through linking counseling and testing with family planning services, Kenya and South Africa" (co-authors: Wilson Liambila, Saiqa Mullick, Doctor Khoza, and Ian Askew)

Julialynne Walker
Poster presenter: "OVC mapping and directory project: Prioritising the children" (Poster session 2, 4/2) (PDF)

5–7 Feb

8th International Menopause Society Workshop:
Aging, Menopause, Cardiovascular Disease and HRT
Pisa, Italy

Régine Sitruk-Ware
Speaker: "Type of progestin" (Session: "Clinical issues for CVD in postmenopausal women") (2/7, 10:10–10:55 am)

10 Feb

Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program Seminar Series
Population Council
New York, New York

Andrew M. Fischer
Speaker: "Educating for exclusion in the multiethnic urbanization of Western China" (more)

15–18 Feb

International Conference on Gender-based Violence
and Sexual and Reproductive Health
Mumbai, India
(offsite PDF)

19 Feb

Endocrinology and Reproductive Biology Seminar Series 
Rockefeller University
New York, New York

Jose Russo
Speaker: "Mechanisms of breast cancer prevention" (more)

26 Feb

Brown Bag Presentation to the Africa Grantmakers Affinity Group
Wallace Global Fund
Washington, DC

Maryam Sheikh Abdi
Presenter: "Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and Islam" (PDF) (related project)

Jan 2009

13 Jan

Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program Seminar Series
Population Council
New York, New York

Michael J. White
Speaker: "Urbanization, health, and environment: Insights from Ghana" (more)

Dec 2008

2–4 Dec

Population Dynamics and Security: Public Policy Challenges
Population Association of Pakistan's Ninth Annual Population Research Conference
Lahore, Pakistan
(offsite link)

Ali Mohammad Mir and Seemin Ashfaq
Key conference organizers

Arshad Mahmood and Abdul Wajid
Presenters: "Determinants of skill birth attendants in PAIMAN districts" (Session: "Finding solutions to human resource crises for health")

Minhaj Ul Haque
Presenter (Session: "Education, skill and employment challenges for youth: Security dimensions")

3–7 Dec

International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA)
Dakar, Senegal
(offsite link)

"Postexposure prophylaxis for survivors of sexual violence"
Satellite symposium sponsored by the Population Council
(12/3, 10:30 am–12:30 pm)

10 Dec

SEMINAR CANCELLED
Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program Seminar Series
Population Council
New York, New York

Jeannie Annan
Speaker: "'Rebel' to 'returnee': The reintegration of young soldiers in northern Uganda"

11 Dec

Endocrinology and Reproductive Biology Seminar Series 
Rockefeller University
New York, New York

Doug Carrell
Speaker: Dr. Carrell will give a talk about his work on epigenetics (more)